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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPgWMfRmumQ Civil Twilight's cover]] cranks it UpToEleven. From the instrumentation to the lamenting approach to the above line, it's impossible to not be moved by this version of the song.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPgWMfRmumQ Civil Twilight's cover]] cranks it UpToEleven.up to eleven. From the instrumentation to the lamenting approach to the above line, it's impossible to not be moved by this version of the song.
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* "Something In The Way", depends on your mood.

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* "Something In The Way", depends on your mood.mood, emphasized more thanks to [[Film/TheBatman2022 the 2022 Batman film]].
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* "Serve The Servants" A song about Cobain's family and childhood. Creator/WilliamSBurroughs, who had collaborated with Cobain, reportedly said that Cobain was already dead upon hearing the song.

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* "Serve The Servants" A Servants", a song about Cobain's family and childhood. Creator/WilliamSBurroughs, who had collaborated with Cobain, reportedly said that Cobain was already dead upon hearing the song.



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* "Polly" is full of such hyper-charged NightmareFuel it crosses into this trope, detailing the kidnapping, rape and torture of an innocent teenage girl over a soft acoustic guitar and Cobain's VillainProtagonist perspective, not to mention it really happened.
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* "Come As You Are", with the lyrics "No, I don't have a gun". Oh Kurt...

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* "Come As You Are", with the lyrics "No, I don't have a gun". [[HarsherInHindsight Oh Kurt...]]
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[[Music/{{Nirvana}} These godfathers of grunge]] [[TearJerker were never exactly known for having cheerful songs]].

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* "Pennyroyal Tea" from ''Music/InUtero'' can really be depressing (it helps if you pay attention to the lyrics knowing Kurt suffered from gastritis and drug addiction).
** "Pennyroyal Tea" is also slang for a home abortion technique.

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* "Pennyroyal Tea" from ''Music/InUtero'' can really be depressing (it helps if you pay attention to the lyrics knowing Kurt suffered from gastritis and drug addiction).
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addiction). "Pennyroyal Tea" is also slang for a home abortion technique.



* Anything regarding Cobain's diseases, ArtistDisillusionment, or death.
** "[[https://twitter.com/KristNovoselic/status/452572889527484416 Dear Kurt,]] It's been 20 years since you left and I think about you every day. –– Love, Krist"
** Just the aftermath of his death is tearjerking to think about. Kurt ended up leaving behind his family, his bandmates, who were his friends, his wife, and his ''own daughter''. Many people usually note that Krist is the one who took Kurt's death the hardest and when interviewed about his passing, he usually speaks how painful the experience was, the last moments with Kurt, and stating how much he wonders how Kurt's life would have been had he not killed himself.
---->"For years after Kurt died, I had this habit of like, I'd walk by a pawn shop and I'd look in the window and I'd always look for a left-handed guitar, and then go 'Oh, I don't need to do that anymore.'"
** Dave Grohl is debated, but judging on how he ''rarely'' talks about the subject, it can be a rather personal thing he tries to hide.
*** Not that that has stopped some people from trying. Numerous, ''numerous'' people have attributed the Foo Fighters' songs "Let It Die" and "I Should Have Known" as subtle reflections on Kurt's death, and the pain he feels from it.

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* Anything regarding Cobain's diseases, ArtistDisillusionment, or death.
** "[[https://twitter.com/KristNovoselic/status/452572889527484416 Dear Kurt,]] It's been 20 years since you left and I think about you every day. –– Love, Krist"
** Just the aftermath of his death is tearjerking to think about. Kurt ended up leaving behind his family, his bandmates, who were his friends, his wife, and his ''own daughter''. Many people usually note that Krist is the one who took Kurt's death the hardest and when interviewed about his passing, he usually speaks how painful the experience was, the last moments with Kurt, and stating how much he wonders how Kurt's life would have been had he not killed himself.
---->"For years after Kurt died, I had this habit of like, I'd walk by a pawn shop and I'd look in the window and I'd always look for a left-handed guitar, and then go 'Oh, I don't need to do that anymore.'"
** Dave Grohl is debated, but judging on how he ''rarely'' talks about the subject, it can be a rather personal thing he tries to hide.
*** Not that that has stopped some people from trying. Numerous, ''numerous'' people have attributed the Foo Fighters' songs "Let It Die" and "I Should Have Known" as subtle reflections on Kurt's death, and the pain he feels from it.
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* "Heart-Shaped Box" is so aggressive that it ''hurts'', especially the lyric "I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black".
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*** Not that that has stopped some people from trying. Numerous, ''numerous'' people have attributed the Foo Fighters' songs "Let It Die" and "I Should Have Known" as subtle reflections on Kurt's death, and the pain he feels from it.
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---->"For years after Kurt died, I had this habit of like, I'd walk by a pawn shop and I'd look in the window and I'd always look for a left-handed guitar, and then go 'Oh, I don't need to do that anymore.'"
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* "Pennyroyal Tea" can really be depressing (it helps if you pay attention to the lyrics knowing Kurt suffered from gastritis and drug addiction).

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* "Pennyroyal Tea" from ''Music/InUtero'' can really be depressing (it helps if you pay attention to the lyrics knowing Kurt suffered from gastritis and drug addiction).

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** Just the aftermath of his death is tearjerking to think about. Kurt ended up leaving behind his family, his bandmates, who were his friends, his wife, and his ''own daughter''. Many people usually note that Krist is the one who took Kurt's death the hardest and when interviewed about his passing, he usually speaks how painful the experience was, the last moments with Kurt, and stating how much he wonders how Kurt's life would have been had he not killed himself.
** Dave Grohl is debated, but judging on how he ''rarely'' talks about the subject, it can be a rather personal thing he tries to hide.
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* The ''MTV Unplugged in New York'' album also has tons of this, especially the chilling "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?".

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* The ''MTV Unplugged in New York'' ''Music/MTVUnpluggedInNewYork'' album also has tons of this, especially the chilling "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?".
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** [[https://twitter.com/KristNovoselic/status/452572889527484416 Dear Kurt,]] It's been 20 years since you left and I think about you every day. –– Love, Krist

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** [[https://twitter.com/KristNovoselic/status/452572889527484416 Dear Kurt,]] It's been 20 years since you left and I think about you every day. –– Love, Krist
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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPgWMfRmumQ Civil Twilight's cover]] cranks it UpToEleven. From the instrumentation to the lamenting approach to the above line, it's impossible to not be moved by this version of the song.
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* "Serve The Servants" A song about Cobain's family and childhood. WilliamSBurroughs, who had collaborated with Cobain, reportedly said that Cobain was already dead upon hearing the song.

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* "Serve The Servants" A song about Cobain's family and childhood. WilliamSBurroughs, Creator/WilliamSBurroughs, who had collaborated with Cobain, reportedly said that Cobain was already dead upon hearing the song.
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** Not to mention when you realize the actual lyrics go "I have never failed to fail". (If the internet is to believed)
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* The ''MTV Unplugged in New York'' album also has tons of this.

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* The ''MTV Unplugged in New York'' album also has tons of this.this, especially the chilling "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?".
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* "Dumb", with the subtle string arrangements and Kurt denouncing himself for feeling happy. "I think I'm dumb, or maybe just happy... I think I'm just happy..."
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* The acoustic version of "You Know You're Right" is hauntingly stark. Not that the studio version was upbeat or cheery, with lyrics like "things have never been so swell/I have never failed to feel/the pain," but the version that's just Kurt and his acoustic guitar is brutal.


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** "Pennyroyal Tea" is also slang for a home abortion technique.
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* "Something In The Way", the song is based on Kurt's early life when he was homeless.

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* "Something In The Way", the song is based depends on Kurt's early life when he was homeless.your mood.
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* "Something In The Way", the song is based on Kurt's Early Life when he was Homeless.

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* "Something In The Way", the song is based on Kurt's Early Life early life when he was Homeless.homeless.
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* "Something In The Way", depending on your mood.

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* "Something In The Way", depending the song is based on your mood.Kurt's Early Life when he was Homeless.
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* Anything regarding Cobain's diseases, ArtistDisillusionment or death.

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* Anything regarding Cobain's diseases, ArtistDisillusionment ArtistDisillusionment, or death.
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* Also "Something In The Way", depending on your mood.

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[[Music/{{Nirvana}} These godfathers of grunge]] [[TearJerker were never exactly known for having cheerful songs]].
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* Also "Something In The Way", depending on your mood.
* "Come As You Are", with the lyrics "No, I don't have a gun". Oh Kurt...
* "All Apologies". The final part with the distorted guitar and Kurt singing "All in all is all we are..." is choke-inducing at least.
* The ''MTV Unplugged in New York'' album also has tons of this.
* On that note, Kurt Cobain's rare "Do Re Mi" demo, on the WTLO box set. It is one of the last songs recorded before his death, and while a lot folkier and more upbeat than his earlier work, it still manages to be tear inducing.
* "Pennyroyal Tea" can really be depressing (it helps if you pay attention to the lyrics knowing Kurt suffered from gastritis and drug addiction).
* "Serve The Servants" A song about Cobain's family and childhood. WilliamSBurroughs, who had collaborated with Cobain, reportedly said that Cobain was already dead upon hearing the song.



* On songs, "All Apologies" and "Pennyroyal Tea" are melancholic enough to be depressing.
** Also "Something In The Way", depending on your mood.
* "Come As You Are", with the lyrics "No, I don't have a gun". Oh Kurt...

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* On songs, "All Apologies" and "Pennyroyal Tea" are melancholic enough to be depressing.
** Also "Something In The Way", depending on your mood.
* "Come As You Are", with the lyrics "No, I don't have a gun". Oh Kurt...
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** Also "Something In The Way", depending on your mood.

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